In the wall cast from concrete, the structure of the building – that is, its original materiality and design – has become irrelevant. This may be the reason for the slightly disturbing effect of the new façade. It recalls the surrealist procedures of the visual arts, for instance Max Ernst’s frottages or rubbings on paper that reproduce the edges of the object underneath. In fact, we as architects for once did not design any façades as the process as such led to the design of the rebuilt east wing.
The cast relief has the actual façade shimmer through, without being able to repeat it though, as if something had been superimposed – not by any fast industrial action, but over a long period of time. The Alterswert (Alois Riegl, 1903) or age value, the experience of a monument and its history over time, which places the reconstruction in a sensual opposition to the extant monument, appears in the raw, archaic design of the concrete reliefs saved in another form and in synchronicity with the listed building.
#Germany , #museum , #interior, #interior_design , #renovation , #reconstruction
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The cast relief has the actual façade shimmer through, without being able to repeat it though, as if something had been superimposed – not by any fast industrial action, but over a long period of time. The Alterswert (Alois Riegl, 1903) or age value, the experience of a monument and its history over time, which places the reconstruction in a sensual opposition to the extant monument, appears in the raw, archaic design of the concrete reliefs saved in another form and in synchronicity with the listed building.
#Germany , #museum , #interior, #interior_design , #renovation , #reconstruction
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Jan Merk, the president of the Association of the Museums of Baden Württemberg, has highlighted the significance of the building in the museum landscape of the federal state dominated by community-run institutions. He described the project as a highly successful combination of the Traditional and the Modern that fulfils the mission of a museum to collect, preserve and communicate, but furthermore acts as a repository of knowledge, entertainment machine and platform for participation.
#Germany , #factory , #museum, #interior_design , #lighting , #stair , #extention
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#Germany , #factory , #museum, #interior_design , #lighting , #stair , #extention
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NO.135
BIBLIOTECA EBRACHER HOF, BRUNO FIORETTI MARQUEZ ARCHITECTS
LOCATION: GERMANY - SCHWEINFURT
DESIGNER: BRUNO FIORETTI MARQUEZ ARCHITECTS
PROJECT YEAR: 2007
STRUCTURES: INGENIEURBÜRO DÖRBAND, SCHWEINFURT
COLLABORATORS: W. VAJEN, S. SKIBA
ACOUSTIC: IFB ENGINEER FOR BUILDING PHYSICS
LIGTHING: DINNER BEER LIGHT
MEP: INGENIEURBÜRO ORF AND VIZL, BOPP ELECTRICAL PLANNING OFFICE
The historic courtyard structure "Erbrach", which houses the new civic library of Schweinfurt, is located south of the historic center, on the track of the old city wall, in the immediate vicinity of the river Main. Following the construction of the Georg Schäfer museum and the new library, the area takes on a new urban significance.
The whole consists of three buildings: a 15th century warehouse for the collection of tithes, a building on the Rittergasse and a building connecting the two bodies.
The cubature needed to complete the program is placed in an underground base so as not to jeopardize the urban role of the existing complex.
A hotel is planned for the building on the Rittergasse, while a new customs building will build the front of the entrance square to the library.
Three new architectural elements are arranged around the tithe building:
a base under the entrance square, a glazed volume and a safety staircase.
Each element performs different tasks.
The base offers the space necessary for the completion of the library program and makes the materiality of the existing building visible by discovering its foundations.
The construction system adopted for the new building follows that of the existing building. Solid wood pillars carry the exposed concrete slab.
The precision of the new volume contrasts with the rough consistency of the foundations of the Warehouse of the tithe.
A long glazed element, the so-called lantern, naturally illuminates the underground reading space.
This transparent volume defines and defines the entrance square and protects it from street noise.
At night the illuminated lantern makes the library present on the square. The transversal glass plates constructively stiffen the skylight and reflect light deeply into the space below.
The overlap of the glass panes builds a space with an indefinite vanishing point that indicates the underground presence of the books.
A new external staircase allows an adaptation to safety standards without touching the internal space of the existing building. The stairwell abstracts the profile of the adjacent building and extrudes it into a concrete element.
The main entrance to the library is located on the square. A ring path connects the existing with the new architectural elements. The center of the ring is the tithe warehouse. From the ground floor of the existing building, a staircase leads to the basement.
A ramp along the books embedded in the concrete wall accompanies the visitor around the freed foundations of the existing building.
The initially horizontal space develops vertically following the path of the ramp and leads to a stepped garden upwards.
The stepped garden offers outdoor reading spaces and connects with the garden on the ground floor.
The furniture performs several tasks: inside there is ventilation and lighting and have an acoustic function. Walls, ceilings and floors remain free from any technical installation.
#Germany, #library , #interior_design , #glass , #lighting , #interior_design ,
@revitalization
BIBLIOTECA EBRACHER HOF, BRUNO FIORETTI MARQUEZ ARCHITECTS
LOCATION: GERMANY - SCHWEINFURT
DESIGNER: BRUNO FIORETTI MARQUEZ ARCHITECTS
PROJECT YEAR: 2007
STRUCTURES: INGENIEURBÜRO DÖRBAND, SCHWEINFURT
COLLABORATORS: W. VAJEN, S. SKIBA
ACOUSTIC: IFB ENGINEER FOR BUILDING PHYSICS
LIGTHING: DINNER BEER LIGHT
MEP: INGENIEURBÜRO ORF AND VIZL, BOPP ELECTRICAL PLANNING OFFICE
The historic courtyard structure "Erbrach", which houses the new civic library of Schweinfurt, is located south of the historic center, on the track of the old city wall, in the immediate vicinity of the river Main. Following the construction of the Georg Schäfer museum and the new library, the area takes on a new urban significance.
The whole consists of three buildings: a 15th century warehouse for the collection of tithes, a building on the Rittergasse and a building connecting the two bodies.
The cubature needed to complete the program is placed in an underground base so as not to jeopardize the urban role of the existing complex.
A hotel is planned for the building on the Rittergasse, while a new customs building will build the front of the entrance square to the library.
Three new architectural elements are arranged around the tithe building:
a base under the entrance square, a glazed volume and a safety staircase.
Each element performs different tasks.
The base offers the space necessary for the completion of the library program and makes the materiality of the existing building visible by discovering its foundations.
The construction system adopted for the new building follows that of the existing building. Solid wood pillars carry the exposed concrete slab.
The precision of the new volume contrasts with the rough consistency of the foundations of the Warehouse of the tithe.
A long glazed element, the so-called lantern, naturally illuminates the underground reading space.
This transparent volume defines and defines the entrance square and protects it from street noise.
At night the illuminated lantern makes the library present on the square. The transversal glass plates constructively stiffen the skylight and reflect light deeply into the space below.
The overlap of the glass panes builds a space with an indefinite vanishing point that indicates the underground presence of the books.
A new external staircase allows an adaptation to safety standards without touching the internal space of the existing building. The stairwell abstracts the profile of the adjacent building and extrudes it into a concrete element.
The main entrance to the library is located on the square. A ring path connects the existing with the new architectural elements. The center of the ring is the tithe warehouse. From the ground floor of the existing building, a staircase leads to the basement.
A ramp along the books embedded in the concrete wall accompanies the visitor around the freed foundations of the existing building.
The initially horizontal space develops vertically following the path of the ramp and leads to a stepped garden upwards.
The stepped garden offers outdoor reading spaces and connects with the garden on the ground floor.
The furniture performs several tasks: inside there is ventilation and lighting and have an acoustic function. Walls, ceilings and floors remain free from any technical installation.
#Germany, #library , #interior_design , #glass , #lighting , #interior_design ,
@revitalization
The new intervention in the Moritzburg Castle aims at protecting the ruins that have represented it for centuries. It does so by keeping the existing building intact, and superimposing a light structure that evokes the works displayed inside. The works of Caspar David Friedrich, El Lissitzky, Edvard Munch, and Klee from the original collection are now accompanied by those of Kirchner, Erich Heckel, and Emil Nolde, donated by Hermann Gerlinger, the owner of one of the most valuable private collections devoted to the Expressionist group Die Brücke, whose presence in the new halls of the museum compensates, in a sense, for the looting that occurred during Nazism and World War II. The pictures of the exhibition are thus incorporated into the new expansion, where, in our imagination, the museum’s architecture, its history, and its contents all merge into a circular process. It is a strange feeling that, since the project’s completion, makes us pause whenever we have returned to visit the castle.
#Germany , #castle, #ruin, #museum , #roof , #lighting ,#interior_design , #palace, #extention
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#Germany , #castle, #ruin, #museum , #roof , #lighting ,#interior_design , #palace, #extention
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NO.154
LANDHAUS / Thomas Kröger Architekt
HOUSES, REFURBISHMENT
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BERLIN, GERMANY
• Architects: Thomas Kröger Architekt
• Area: 320 m²
• Year: 2014
Materials: larch, Pine floorboards. Corian
•
In a small village in the middle of the Uckermark - north of Berlin, a large stable was converted into a country house with a holiday apartment to be used separately. The sta-ble was built 140 years ago in a mixed construction of brick masonry and wooden con-tainers. In its time, a highly modern functional building. After the squire was driven out and the land was divided, the complex was used for two settler families including cattle in a semi-detached house.
One half was now redesigned by Thomas Kröger Architekt for a young family in such a way that the language of the house was adapted to reinvent it with its own means and rules. This former cowshed together with the barn is an extremely stable building with thick stone walls, small windows on the upper floor and a large wooden gate below. The own beauty of the raw structure and the spaciousness of the room could only be experi-enced again through the gutting.
The center of the house is a double-height living room with a fireplace. Three large new arch openings, which can be closed by massive wooden gates, give a view of the green country with the many fruit trees. The house is designed so that the large hall is unheat-ed and is enclosed by a closed, heated room. In cold seasons, only the smaller and more sociable areas of the house can be used, similar to bird nests. Right next to the hall there is a slightly raised living room with a free-standing kitchen. The dining area next to it is crowned by a wooden pyramid. On the upper floor, the hall is enclosed like a bracket of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two study rooms and a loggia. There is a holiday home for guests on the gable end. The apartment is separately accessible and also connected to the central hall. The living and dining area is located on the ground floor and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the upper floor.
A transformation also took place on the building envelope. The intervention in the struc-ture is hardly legible on the street side. The representative gesture shows itself with new openings to the private garden and only brings the desired interlocking of interior and exterior space with it. The entire building was also energetically upgraded during this careful renovation. The walls of the heated rooms were insulated on the inside and pro-vided with wall heating and clay plaster. All rooms, whether heated or unheated, have the same surface qualities.
The building was completely redesigned in order to convert it from the former agricul-tural use into a residential building.
#Germany , #stable , #house , #interior_design
@revitalization
LANDHAUS / Thomas Kröger Architekt
HOUSES, REFURBISHMENT
•
BERLIN, GERMANY
• Architects: Thomas Kröger Architekt
• Area: 320 m²
• Year: 2014
Materials: larch, Pine floorboards. Corian
•
In a small village in the middle of the Uckermark - north of Berlin, a large stable was converted into a country house with a holiday apartment to be used separately. The sta-ble was built 140 years ago in a mixed construction of brick masonry and wooden con-tainers. In its time, a highly modern functional building. After the squire was driven out and the land was divided, the complex was used for two settler families including cattle in a semi-detached house.
One half was now redesigned by Thomas Kröger Architekt for a young family in such a way that the language of the house was adapted to reinvent it with its own means and rules. This former cowshed together with the barn is an extremely stable building with thick stone walls, small windows on the upper floor and a large wooden gate below. The own beauty of the raw structure and the spaciousness of the room could only be experi-enced again through the gutting.
The center of the house is a double-height living room with a fireplace. Three large new arch openings, which can be closed by massive wooden gates, give a view of the green country with the many fruit trees. The house is designed so that the large hall is unheat-ed and is enclosed by a closed, heated room. In cold seasons, only the smaller and more sociable areas of the house can be used, similar to bird nests. Right next to the hall there is a slightly raised living room with a free-standing kitchen. The dining area next to it is crowned by a wooden pyramid. On the upper floor, the hall is enclosed like a bracket of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two study rooms and a loggia. There is a holiday home for guests on the gable end. The apartment is separately accessible and also connected to the central hall. The living and dining area is located on the ground floor and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the upper floor.
A transformation also took place on the building envelope. The intervention in the struc-ture is hardly legible on the street side. The representative gesture shows itself with new openings to the private garden and only brings the desired interlocking of interior and exterior space with it. The entire building was also energetically upgraded during this careful renovation. The walls of the heated rooms were insulated on the inside and pro-vided with wall heating and clay plaster. All rooms, whether heated or unheated, have the same surface qualities.
The building was completely redesigned in order to convert it from the former agricul-tural use into a residential building.
#Germany , #stable , #house , #interior_design
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NO.165
Jacoby Studios Headquarters / David Chipperfield Architects
OFFICE BUILDINGS
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PADERBORN, GERMANY
• Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
• Area: 12500 m²
• Project start: 2014
• Completion: 2020
• Gross floor area: 12,500 m²
• Architect In Charge:David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
• Client:Jacoby GbR represented by Ellen Jacoby, Franz Jacoby, Yvonne Jacoby
• Partners:David Chipperfield, Martin Reichert, Alexander Schwarz (Design lead)
• Project Architects:Franziska Rusch (Concept study), Frithjof Kahl (Preparation and brief to Developed Design, Design intent details, Site design supervision)
• Project Team:Thomas Benk, Thea Cheret, Dirk Gschwind, Elsa Pandozi, Franziska Rusch, Diana Schaffrannek, Eva-Maria Stadelmann, Amelie Wegner; Graphics, Visualisation: Dalia Liksaite
• Construction Documentation, Executive Architect:Schilling Architekten, Cologne, Jochem Vieren (Project management), Michael Zinnkann (Construction management)
• Landscape Architect:Wirtz International nv, Schoten, Peter Wirtz, Jan Grauwels
• Structural Engineer, Services Engineer, Lighting Consultant:Gantert + Wiemeler Inge-nieurplanung, Münster
• Building Physics, Acoustics Fire Consultant:Hansen Ingenieure, Münster HHP West Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Bielefeld
In the city of Paderborn in western Germany, David Chipperfield Architects have converted and ex-tended a historic building complex, a former monastery, for a family-run company, exposing the his-toric building fabric, and extending it with new wings.
• The former ‘St. Vincenz hospital’ is situated in the medieval town centre of Paderborn next to the western tributary of the Pader Springs. The hospital moved out in 2013 and the existing complex has been converted into a new headquarters for a family-run company designed by David Chip-perfield Architects Berlin.
• The existing ensemble originates from a former seventeenth century Capuchin monastery. The buildings, which were used as a hospital from 1841 onwards, were severely damaged during the Second World War. Subsequently, the complex underwent several changes and extensions through reconstruction and later modifications. The conversion for the Jacoby Studios involved the removal of the post-war additions, exposing the historic building fabric of the monastery once again. In particular, the chapel façade, the cloister, the east building wing and the seventeenth century cellar were preserved and restored, creating a picturesque ruin structure made of quarry-stone masonry with the former cloister at its heart. The complex of monastery and annexes is embedded into a garden designed by Wirtz International.
• New extension wings, ranging from two to three-storeys, are arranged in accordance with the or-thogonal structure to the north, west and south of the original buildings. Through the historic en-trance gate and the former chapel, visitors access the entrance foyer.
• Echoing the historic situation, the ensemble appears once again in the cityscape as a well-balanced composition of different volumes. In the urban landscape of the Pader Springs, the new complex has its own sense of identity, while maintaining historic continuity.
#Germany, #monastery, #hospital, #office, #extention
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Jacoby Studios Headquarters / David Chipperfield Architects
OFFICE BUILDINGS
•
PADERBORN, GERMANY
• Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
• Area: 12500 m²
• Project start: 2014
• Completion: 2020
• Gross floor area: 12,500 m²
• Architect In Charge:David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
• Client:Jacoby GbR represented by Ellen Jacoby, Franz Jacoby, Yvonne Jacoby
• Partners:David Chipperfield, Martin Reichert, Alexander Schwarz (Design lead)
• Project Architects:Franziska Rusch (Concept study), Frithjof Kahl (Preparation and brief to Developed Design, Design intent details, Site design supervision)
• Project Team:Thomas Benk, Thea Cheret, Dirk Gschwind, Elsa Pandozi, Franziska Rusch, Diana Schaffrannek, Eva-Maria Stadelmann, Amelie Wegner; Graphics, Visualisation: Dalia Liksaite
• Construction Documentation, Executive Architect:Schilling Architekten, Cologne, Jochem Vieren (Project management), Michael Zinnkann (Construction management)
• Landscape Architect:Wirtz International nv, Schoten, Peter Wirtz, Jan Grauwels
• Structural Engineer, Services Engineer, Lighting Consultant:Gantert + Wiemeler Inge-nieurplanung, Münster
• Building Physics, Acoustics Fire Consultant:Hansen Ingenieure, Münster HHP West Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Bielefeld
In the city of Paderborn in western Germany, David Chipperfield Architects have converted and ex-tended a historic building complex, a former monastery, for a family-run company, exposing the his-toric building fabric, and extending it with new wings.
• The former ‘St. Vincenz hospital’ is situated in the medieval town centre of Paderborn next to the western tributary of the Pader Springs. The hospital moved out in 2013 and the existing complex has been converted into a new headquarters for a family-run company designed by David Chip-perfield Architects Berlin.
• The existing ensemble originates from a former seventeenth century Capuchin monastery. The buildings, which were used as a hospital from 1841 onwards, were severely damaged during the Second World War. Subsequently, the complex underwent several changes and extensions through reconstruction and later modifications. The conversion for the Jacoby Studios involved the removal of the post-war additions, exposing the historic building fabric of the monastery once again. In particular, the chapel façade, the cloister, the east building wing and the seventeenth century cellar were preserved and restored, creating a picturesque ruin structure made of quarry-stone masonry with the former cloister at its heart. The complex of monastery and annexes is embedded into a garden designed by Wirtz International.
• New extension wings, ranging from two to three-storeys, are arranged in accordance with the or-thogonal structure to the north, west and south of the original buildings. Through the historic en-trance gate and the former chapel, visitors access the entrance foyer.
• Echoing the historic situation, the ensemble appears once again in the cityscape as a well-balanced composition of different volumes. In the urban landscape of the Pader Springs, the new complex has its own sense of identity, while maintaining historic continuity.
#Germany, #monastery, #hospital, #office, #extention
@revitalization